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AP-name in beacon for AP-124/5 or AP-134/5

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  • 1.  AP-name in beacon for AP-124/5 or AP-134/5

    Posted Feb 04, 2013 02:43 PM

    Is there a way to broadcast the AP name via the beacon packet.  I noticed that there is a flag in Airwave, but only for version 6.1.4.1.  There is no version 6.1.4 for the controller network. 

     

    Will there be a feature add in the controller code?

     

    Is there also a way to determine AP name via AirMagnet or OmniPeek? 



  • 2.  RE: AP-name in beacon for AP-124/5 or AP-134/5

    Posted Feb 12, 2013 04:41 AM

    AOS 6.2 has this feature;

     

    Under the WLAN SSID profile;

    (Aruba650) (SSID Profile "test") #adver?
    advertise-ap-name       If enabled, APs that are part of this VAP will
                            broadcast the AP Name information in the beacons
                            frames
    advertise-location      If enabled, APs that are part of this VAP will
                            broadcast their GPS coordinates in the beacons and
                            probe response frames

    (Aruba650) (SSID Profile "test") #adver

     

    As for adding a name not sure but in Wireshark you could add the BSSID MAC address to the ethers file.

     



  • 3.  RE: AP-name in beacon for AP-124/5 or AP-134/5

    Posted Feb 25, 2013 09:57 AM

    6.203  Has it gone GA yet, or is it just an early release still?